Albers v. Ames’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
January 1985
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) A court has original jurisdiction of a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, whether or not the child is physically present in the state, only if one of the following conditions is met: (1) this state: (A) is the principal residence of the child at the time the proceeding is commenced; or (B) was the principal residence of the child at any time during the six-month period before the proceeding was commenced, and a parent or person acting as a parent resides in this state at the time the proceeding is commenced; or (2) it is in the best interest of the child that a court of this state assume jurisdiction because: (A) the child and the child’s parents or the child and at least one contestant have a significant connection with this state and there is available in this state substantial evidence concerning the child’s present or future care, protection, training, and personal relationships; (B) the child is physically present in this state and there is a serious immediate question concerning the welfare of the child; or (C) it appears that no other state would have jurisdiction under prerequisites substantially in accordance with this section, or another state has declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that this state is the more appropriate forum to determine issues concerning the child. (b) The physical presence in this state of the child or of the child and one of the contestants is alone insufficient to confer jurisdiction to the court to make a determin”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“affecting the parent-child relationship,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Jmr v. Am
How this case has been treated — in progress
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